"1996 reprint of ""Point Counter Point"", Mosley's son Nicholas discusses the connection in a new introduction to the novel. David Bradshaw has argued that the most likely source for Webley is John Hargrave, founder of The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift. The novel was adapted into a BBC mini-series by Simon Raven in 1968, starring Tristram Jellinek. It was later broadcast on PBS television in 1972. Point Counter Point Point Counter Point is a novel by Aldous Huxley, first published in 1928. It is Huxley's longest novel, and was notably more complex and serious than his earlier fiction. In 1998,"
"Marie Moser Marie Moser (born 1948) is a Canadian novelist and short-story writer residing in Edmonton, Alberta. Moser is best known for her 1987 novel ""Counterpoint"", which won her the eighth New Alberta Novel Competition in 1986, and a prize of $4,000 given by Alberta Culture and Irwin Publishers. Although it was originally published in English (Irwin, 1987), it has since been published in two editions in the French language (under the title Courtepointe) (Éditions Québec/Amérique, 1991 and Edition du Club Québec loisirs, 1991). ""Counterpoint"" is a story of three generations of French Canadian women and the manner in which"
"political extremist in the argument of ""Checkpoint"". Checkpoint (novel) Checkpoint is an American novel written by Nicholson Baker in 2004. The main characters are two men, Jay and Ben. The novel consists of their dialogues in a hotel room in Washington, D.C., in May 2004. The story begins with Jay asking Ben to go to his hotel room. From that conversation it is inferred that Jay is depressed: the women in his life have abandoned him; he has lost his job as a high school teacher and now works as a day labourer; he has declared bankruptcy; and spends his"
"is married (Jerry) and has four children. Marie Moser Marie Moser (born 1948) is a Canadian novelist and short-story writer residing in Edmonton, Alberta. Moser is best known for her 1987 novel ""Counterpoint"", which won her the eighth New Alberta Novel Competition in 1986, and a prize of $4,000 given by Alberta Culture and Irwin Publishers. Although it was originally published in English (Irwin, 1987), it has since been published in two editions in the French language (under the title Courtepointe) (Éditions Québec/Amérique, 1991 and Edition du Club Québec loisirs, 1991). ""Counterpoint"" is a story of three generations of French"
"Checkpoint (novel) Checkpoint is an American novel written by Nicholson Baker in 2004. The main characters are two men, Jay and Ben. The novel consists of their dialogues in a hotel room in Washington, D.C., in May 2004. The story begins with Jay asking Ben to go to his hotel room. From that conversation it is inferred that Jay is depressed: the women in his life have abandoned him; he has lost his job as a high school teacher and now works as a day labourer; he has declared bankruptcy; and spends his days reading blogs. Jay explains to Ben"
"Thunder Point Thunder Point is a novel in the Sean Dillon series by Jack Higgins, published in 1993. Amateur diver Henry Baker goes diving in the Caribbean, when he finds the wreck of a German u-boat. Inside he finds a briefcase which he takes back home with him. On his way home he meets his friend, diver Bob Carney, and lies to him about where he's been. When he opens the briefcase he finds a list of documents in German. His inability to read German frustrates him but one name leaps out at him: Martin Bormann. The dates on the"
"Flashpoint (Korman novel) Flashpoint is the fourth and final book in the ""Unstoppable"" series. It was written by Gordon Korman, and published on August 26, 2014. In Flashpoint, the events of ""Unstoppable"" end. The final ingredient of the antidote is finally found, and Pierce is defeated for good. However, in the next series, ""Doublecross"", a new villain arises, the Outcast, who challenges the Cahill leadership. The book begins with Dan Cahill, who was abducted by Cara and Galt Pierce. He thinks about the last twelve hours, in which great horrors took place. For example, Pierce is nearly president, Pony was"
"in 2002. Her acclaimed historical novel ""De thuiskomst"" (The Homecoming, 2005) is centred on Elizabeth Batts, the wife of the British explorer James Cook. In 2008, she published ""Contrapunt"" (""Counterpoint"") about a pianist studying Bach's Goldberg Variations and remembering her deceased daughter. This moving novel is based on the author's tragic experience of losing her own 27-year-old daughter Margit in a biking accident in Amsterdam in 2001. Psychological and relationship issues, the loss of a child or children, painful memories, the challenges of ageing as well as her love of classical music are themes not only of ""Counterpoint"", but also"
"Flashpoint (Elseworlds) Flashpoint is an Elseworlds limited series published by DC Comics in 1999, written by Pat McGreal, with art by Norm Breyfogle. In this story's alternate universe, Barry Allen was the only ever costumed hero in existence as the Flash. He becomes a quadriplegic after saving JFK from assassination by taking a bullet in the spine. Although his body is permanently disabled, his brilliant, accelerated mind has created futuristic technologies such as intergalactic travel via sub-space drive and matter teleportation. A mission to Mars, funded by Barry's company, has uncovered a strange artifact. The energies released by the artifact"
"Tripoint (novel) Tripoint is a science fiction novel by the United States science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh, first published by Warner Books in September 1994. It is one of Cherryh's Merchanter novels and is set in the author's Alliance-Union universe. In the Alliance-Union universe, Tripoint is a system of three ""dark"" masses orbiting each other. They are not composed of dark matter; rather, they are much less luminous than a star. Two of the points are brown dwarfs, and the third may have been captured later. It was first charted and navigated in 2266, and serves as"
"Flashpoint (comics) Flashpoint is a 2011 comic book crossover story arc published by DC Comics. Consisting of an eponymous core limited series and a number of tie-in titles, the storyline premiered in May 2011. The core miniseries was written by Geoff Johns and pencilled by Andy Kubert. In its end, the series radically changes the status quo for the DC Universe leading into the publisher's 2011 relaunch, the New 52. ""Flashpoint"" details an altered DC Universe in which only Barry Allen seems to be aware of significant differences between the regular timeline and the altered one, including Cyborg's place as"
"the cracks which are appearing in her marriage. However, as the day wears on she makes a discovery that forces her to re-evaluate her long-held image of her uncle, her husband Simon faces a choice that will decide the future of their relationship. http://www.oxonianreview.org/wp/point-and-counterpoint/ The Still Point The Still Point is a 2010 novel by British author Amy Sackville. The book was Sackville's debut novel, and was the winner of the 2010 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. It had also earlier been nominated for that year's Orange Prize for Fiction. The book's two central characters are Edward Mackley, an Arctic explorer"
"served as the company’s editor-in-chief for the entire life of the company. It lasted 12 years and published nearly 400 works, some of which won awards. When North Point closed in 1991, several of its authors followed Shoemaker to Pantheon, where he served as West Coast editor of the Knopf Publishing Group. Frank H. Pearl, an entrepreneur who specialized in leveraged buyouts, recruited Shoemaker to found Counterpoint Press in 1994 in Washington, D.C., and Shoemaker’s core group of authors followed him once again. In 2004 Shoemaker left Counterpoint, and with his longtime associate Trish Hoard established a new company, Shoemaker"
"she wrote herself back to sanity"". The original book had illustrations before each story by Margot Tomes. The Breaking Point (short story collection) The Breaking Point is a collection of eight short stories by Daphne du Maurier first published in 1959 by Victor Gollancz in the UK and Doubleday in the US. It has also been published under the title The Blue Lenses and Other Stories. The stories were written at a time when du Maurier herself came close to a severe nervous breakdown and reflect her own psychological stress. Du Maurier herself acknowledged she had come close to madness"
"Shatterpoint Shatterpoint is a science fiction novel by Matthew Stover (read by Jonathan Davis in the audiobook version) set in the ""Star Wars"" universe. ""Star Wars"" creator George Lucas wrote the prologue to the novel. Its main character is Jedi Master Mace Windu. Stover based ""Shatterpoint"" on both Joseph Conrad's novel ""Heart of Darkness"", and the film ""Apocalypse Now"". The book takes place six months after """", and 21.5 years before """". Mace Windu's former Padawan and fellow Jedi Master Depa Billaba has been sent to Haruun Kal (Windu's homeworld) to start a revolution against the Separatist-allied government; however, all"
"as a 2nd lieutenant in the 18th Pennsylvania Infantry on the Mexican border in 1916 during the Pancho Villa Expedition. He served as a lieutenant in the 28th (keystone) Division, United States Army during World War I and fought in the Aisne-Marne offensive July–August 1918. He was wounded in action in August 1918. He wrote ""Toward the Flame"" (1926), a nonfictional account of his experiences in the war. His first book, ""Wampum and Old Gold"", was awarded the Yale Younger Poets Prize. Allen is best known for his work ""Anthony Adverse"". He also planned a series of novels about colonial"
"MacKinlay Kantor MacKinlay Kantor (February 4, 1904 – October 11, 1977), born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor, was an American journalist, novelist and screenwriter. He wrote more than 30 novels, several set during the American Civil War, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1956 for his 1955 novel, ""Andersonville"". He also wrote the novel ""Gettysburg"", set during the Civil War. Kantor was born and grew up in Webster City, Iowa, the second child and only son in his family. He had a sister, Virginia. His mother, Effie (McKinlay) Kantor, worked as the editor of the ""Webster City Daily News"""
"raised her two children from a previous marriage, Noah Zimmerman and Eva Zimmerman. Shoemaker lives with his family in Point Richmond, California. Jack Shoemaker Jack Shoemaker (born 1946) is an American editor and publisher, and current editorial director and vice-president at Counterpoint Press in Berkeley, California. Shoemaker has edited and published books under several imprints, including North Point, Pantheon Books, Shoemaker & Hoard, and Counterpoint. Shoemaker has published books by Guy Davenport, Romulus Linney, Gary Snyder, Wendell Berry, Evan S. Connell, MFK Fisher, James Salter, Gina Berriault, Reynolds Price, W.S. Merwin, Michael Palmer, Donald Hall, Anne Lamott, Kay Boyle, Gary"
"their lives interweave in imperceptible and yet intrinsic ways. Despite winning an award, ""Counterpoint"" also received a negative review in the ""Toronto Star"", which said that Moser's first novel lacked ""narrative skill"". Moser's short stories have been published in a wide array of collections, magazines, and compendiums, and some have been broadcast on the radio. Moser was born in 1948, and was raised in Edmonton. She studied chemistry and Canadian history and is an alumnus of the University of Alberta (B.Sc., B.A. and M.A.). She also studied creative writing under Marian Engel and Rudy Wiebe, both notable Alberta writers. She"
"Bullet Points (comics) Bullet Points is a Marvel comic limited series that was published in 2006 and 2007, written by J. Michael Straczynski, illustrated by Tommy Lee Edwards and lettered by John Workman. The series was released under the ""Marvel Knights"" imprint and examines the consequences to the Marvel Universe when Dr. Erskine is killed before Steve Rogers is injected with the Super-Soldier Serum and becomes Captain America. The series begins on December 8, 1940. Dr. Abraham Erskine is killed by a German spy, along with MP Benjamin Parker, before the Super-Soldier Serum was to be used for ""Project: Rebirth""."
"Charles Potts Charles Potts (born August 28, 1943) is an American counter-culture poet. He is sometimes referred to as a projectivist poet and was mentored by Edward Dorn. Raised in rural Mackay, Idaho, Potts left Pocatello, Idaho and Idaho State University in the mid 60s and set out for Seattle, Mexico, and ultimately the location where he rose to literary prominence: the counter cultural hotbed of Berkeley, California. There, he founded the Litmus literary magazine and the Litmus publishing company, which published his friend Charles Bukowski's book ""Poems written before jumping out of an 8 story window"". Potts' gives an"
"The Breaking Point (short story collection) The Breaking Point is a collection of eight short stories by Daphne du Maurier first published in 1959 by Victor Gollancz in the UK and Doubleday in the US. It has also been published under the title The Blue Lenses and Other Stories. The stories were written at a time when du Maurier herself came close to a severe nervous breakdown and reflect her own psychological stress. Du Maurier herself acknowledged she had come close to madness immediately before she wrote them; and they were part of her cure – ""the means by which"
"Counterpoint (publisher) Counterpoint LLC was a publishing company distributed by Perseus Books Group launched in 2007. It was formed from the consolidation of three presses: Perseus' Counterpoint Press, Avalon Publishing Group's Shoemaker & Hoard and the independent Soft Skull Press. The company published books under the Counterpoint Press and Soft Skull Press imprints. Counterpoint also entered into an agreement for the production, marketing and distribution of approximately eight Sierra Club book titles each year. Both Wendell Berry and poet Gary Snyder were investors in Counterpoint, with both of their works currently being published by the Counterpoint imprint. Jack Shoemaker, Vice-president"
"suggested the second factor relies on tenuous links, and recent evidence suggests strongly that most of the drop in urban violent crime worldwide was due to the removal of lead from gasoline. The Tipping Point The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference is the debut book by Malcolm Gladwell, first published by Little, Brown in 2000. Gladwell defines a tipping point as ""the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point"". The book seeks to explain and describe the ""mysterious"" sociological changes that mark everyday life. As Gladwell states: ""Ideas and products and messages and"
"The Tipping Point The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference is the debut book by Malcolm Gladwell, first published by Little, Brown in 2000. Gladwell defines a tipping point as ""the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point"". The book seeks to explain and describe the ""mysterious"" sociological changes that mark everyday life. As Gladwell states: ""Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread like viruses do"". The examples of such changes in his book include the rise in popularity and sales of Hush Puppies shoes in the mid-1990s and the steep drop in"
"Jack Shoemaker Jack Shoemaker (born 1946) is an American editor and publisher, and current editorial director and vice-president at Counterpoint Press in Berkeley, California. Shoemaker has edited and published books under several imprints, including North Point, Pantheon Books, Shoemaker & Hoard, and Counterpoint. Shoemaker has published books by Guy Davenport, Romulus Linney, Gary Snyder, Wendell Berry, Evan S. Connell, MFK Fisher, James Salter, Gina Berriault, Reynolds Price, W.S. Merwin, Michael Palmer, Donald Hall, Anne Lamott, Kay Boyle, Gary Nabhan, Jane Vandenburgh, Carole Maso, and Robert Aitken. Shoemaker supports author-driven literary publishing ventures and mindfulness and political awareness in publishing. Shoemaker"
"eight members of the jury, ""for the pains taken to read his work."" Prix Contrepoint The prix Contrepoint is a French literary award established in 1971 by a group of young French novelists and journalists. Each year a French-speaking novelist is selected. According to Bertrand Labes, this prize was characterized at its creation as the ""Goncourt of young writers"", and its recipients often confirmed their talent later on. The Jury includes Christian Giudicelli, Dominique-Pierre Larger, Patrick Modiano, Claude Montcalm, Louis-Antoine Prat, Gonzague Saint Bris, Jean-Clément Texier and Denys Viat. This award is distinguished by the fact that, according to its"
"Point of Impact Point of Impact is a 1993 thriller novel by Stephen Hunter. ""Point of Impact"" revolves around a former Vietnam War sniper named Bob Lee Swagger or Bob ""the Nailer"". This character is loosely based upon the real Vietnam War sniper and U.S. Marine Corps legend Carlos Hathcock. Bob ""The Nailer"" becomes involved in a plot by dirty big-government types. The story is about how he is first approached and used by them, and their subsequent attempts to end his life. Disenchanted with warfare when invalided out of the U.S. Marine Corps in the 1970s, Bob retreats to"
"Charlie Winton Charlie Winton is CEO and publisher of Counterpoint Press. In 1976, Winton founded Publishers Group West (PGW),and served as chairman and CEO for 25 years. In 1994, he created a sister corporation, Avalon Publishing Group and served concurrently as its CEO. In 2002, PGW was sold to Advance Marketing Services. Winton and his partners maintained the ownership of Avalon Publishing Group. In 2007, Avalon was sold to Perseus Books Group. Winton's latest venture, Counterpoint LLC, was created concurrently with the sale of Avalon via the acquisition and merger of three independent publishers: Counterpoint Press, Shoemaker, and Hoard and"
"Breakpoint (novel) Breakpoint is a cyberpunk science fiction novel by former United States intelligence and counterterrorism official Richard A. Clarke. It is his second novel. The book paints a dystopic prediction of the future. A series of explosions occur at seemingly unimportant sites in the United States. These sites happen to be the locations where transatlantic cables from Europe and Asia reach the U.S. essentially cutting the U.S. off from the world, at least via the Internet. The attacks are immediately blamed on the Chinese. Two investigators are sent to investigate the incidents, with this assumption in mind. The investigators"
"police officers while walking in downtown Manhattan, because his curly hair matched the profile of a rapist, despite the fact that the suspect looked nothing like him otherwise. Gladwell's books ""The Tipping Point"" (2000) and ""Blink"" (2005), were international bestsellers. ""The Tipping Point"" sold more than two million copies in the United States. ""Blink"" sold equally well. As of November 2008, the two books had sold a combined 4.5 million copies. Gladwell's third book, ""Outliers"", published in 2008, examines how a person's environment, in conjunction with personal drive and motivation, affects his or her possibility and opportunity for success. Gladwell's"
"Borkmann's Point Borkmann's Point ( ) is a prize-winning crime novel by Swedish writer Håkan Nesser, first published in Sweden in 1994 and translated into English by Laurie Thompson in 2006. The novel is set in the early 1990s when Chief Inspector Van Veeteren, a 30-year veteran of police work who appreciates fine food and drink, cuts short his vacation to help the police chief of the remote town of Kaalbringen and his small crew investigate two ax murders. Another identical murder occurs in the weeks leading up to the retirement of Police Chief Bausen and it's expected that solving"
"by OV Books to wide acclaim, including a positive review from the ""Los Angeles Times"". He is also the author of original novels based on the USA Network TV series ""Burn Notice"". The novels include ""The Fix"", ""The End Game"", ""The Giveaway"", ""The Reformed"", and ""The Bad Beat"". In 2013, his essay ""When They Let Them Bleed"" was selected for Best American Essays, edited by Cheryl Strayed. Counterpoint released his most recent novel, ""Gangsterland"" in September, 2014. to rave reviews, earning starred notices in Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Kirkus. The novel eventually was named a finalist for the Hammett Prize,"